
Hurmos
Through Hurmos you will get a glimpse of student culture in its most glorious form: as a celebration of community. Hurmos will expand in the year of 2026 to a three-day spectacle, where you can participate in the world record sittning.
As an unique part of Hurmos, the student sittning culture of Oulu will set its goal of reaching the world’s longest time of sittning (24 hours) and challenges to attend the world’s longest sittning table.
As the goal of the event is to involve in addition to students the locals and visitors of the culture capital year for the sittning culture. The participants get to be a part of the record by bringing their own food to the tables of outside event and by singing the sittning songs communally. Sittning is hosted online to attract international audience for them to join in the singing with their own sittning picnic.
Sittning is a traditional part of the student culture with songs and food.
Our impact to Culture-
climate change
We want to bring the student culture of Oulu closer to locals and visitors by inviting them to be a part of the largest opening of the academic year in Finland: Hurmos. The goal is to make Oulu more tempting student city and to increase its traction and holding power and visibility internationally. We want to bring all kinds of people together to enjoy the local student culture.
When and where
Organisers
The student union of Oulu University (OYY), The student union of Oulu University of Applied Sciences (OSAKO) and the student union of Diaconia University of Applied Sciences (O’Diako)